Meat saw



Patented Mar. 16, 1926.

7 umrso srArEs PATENT OFFICE.

.HENRY ANDREW MEYER, or cINoInN TI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE WOLF MACHINECOMPANY, or CINCINNATI, OHIO, A CORPORATION oF-oHIo.

MEAT sAW.

Application filed March 23, 1925.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY A. MEYER, a citizenof the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Meat Saws, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to power-driven saws for making the scribe cut indressed pork and like purposes and has special reference to the shieldand gage, the object being to provide a shield and gage which may beeasily set in a desired position and be eflectually held in the setposition without likelihood of being accidentally released. Theinvention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing and will behereinafter fully set forth and defined.

In the annexed drawing! Figure 1, is a front elevation of ameat sawhaving the present invention applied thereto;

Figure 2, is an enlarged end elevation of the same, the motor casingbeing omitted; and

Figure 3, is an enlarged horizontal section on the line 33 of Figure 1.

In the drawing, the reference numeral 1 denotes a motor casing in whichanelectric or other motor may be housed and which is equipped withhandles 2 and 3 whereby it may be held and guided while at work. Securedto and depending from this casing is a hollow stem A carrying a frameplate and housing a spindle or shaft 6 forming a part of the gearingwhereby motion is imparted to the saw 7. The frame plate 5 is insetrelative to the stem 4 and is of such form that it constitutes ashieldpartly housing the saw which lies close to the outer face of theplate but extends below the same as shown in Figure 2. Pivoted, as at 8,to a flange of the frame plate 5 is an adjustable shield or gage 9 whichis provided centrally with an opening 10 to accommodate the nut orcollar 11, which holds the saw upon its arbor, whereby the gage may bedisposed close to the saw. At its free edge, the gage is provided withan arcuate slot 12 through which a stop screw 13 is inserted into theadjacent flange of the frame plate, the slot being concentric with thepivot and the engagement of its end walls with the stud or screw 13limiting the pivotal adjustment of the gage. To effect adjustment of thegage Serial No. 17,678.

edge in any one of which the adjusting lever or handle may be engaged. Aleaf spring 18 is secured upon the-lever at the pivoted end I thereofand extends beyond the same to bear at its free end against the gage andthereby hold the lever toward the keeper bracket and within the notch 17in which it may be set. A guiding loop bracket 19 is secured upon thegage and spans the lever, as shown, whereby the pivotal movement of thelever outwardly from the plate is limited and the vertical movement ofthe lever is imparted to the gage with minimum strain upon the lug 15. 7

It will be evident that tightening of the screw 13 will hold the gaugein its adjusting position, and that either screw 13, or spring 18, orboth, may be used for this purpose as occasion demands.

Obviously, the saw is so housed between the frame plate and the gagethat the lia- ..bility of the user having injurious contact therewith ispractically eliminated, and the depth of the cut is determined bysetting the gage at a higher or lower'point. To set the gage, the leveris released from the bracket 16 and swung upwardly or downwardly to theproper point and thenreengaged with the keeper bracket. 7

The arrangement is very simple and compact and of such construction thatthe liability of some part wearing loose to prematurely or accidentallyrelease the lever and gage is negligible. 7

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is:

A device of the class described comprising a casing for a motor, ahousing depending from said casing and mounting a shaft secured to themotor shaft, said housing having a part thereof projecting downwardlyand provided with a bearing, a shaft mounted in said bearing, a rotarysaw mounted on said shaft to rotate therewith, said housing andprojecting part being recessed and widened to receive and projectlaterally to the front and rear of the saw and to provide a guard forone side thereof,

lying, closely adjacent thereto and beyond into and out of engagementwith means on which only a small portion of the saw prothe projectingpart of the housing within ject-s, a combined gauge and guard for thethe width of its widened portion to hold the 10 other side of the sawadjustably secured to gauge in a set position.

said projecting part, a handle on the gauge In testimony whereof Ihereunto afix my rigid therewith in its plane of motion for signature.setting same and having a lateral movement HENRY ANDREW MEYER.

